The Athletic
05 March 2026
Is A.I. gonna boom, bust or just become Excel? And how screwed are we either way? Plus: Peyton Manning, Lamar Jackson, Geraldo Rivera's vault, a young Tim Pawlenty, vibe-coding NFL scouts... and Filipino Jell-O. Further content: • "A.I. as Normal Technology" (Columbia University) https://knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-as-normal-technology • "The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis" (Citrini Research) https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic • "Nobody Knows Anything" (Derek Thompson) https://www.derekthompson.org/p/nobody-knows-anything • "This Is How the A.I. Bubble Will Pop" (Derek Thompson) https://www.derekthompson.org/p/this-is-how-the-ai-bubble-will-pop • "Fear of A.I. Eliminating Jobs Makes Its Way to Football (Mike Florio) https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/fear-of-ai-eliminating-jobs-makes-its-way-to-football • Previously on PTFO: How Artificial Intelligence Is Already Changing Sports, with Daryl Morey and Sendhil Mullainathan • Subscribe to "The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny" • Subscribe to "Plain English with Derek Thompson" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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